Erin Amos to Win Junior Nationals in 58kg Weight Class. Check out her recap of the day!

“Junior Nationals was probably one of the more fun meets I’ve competed in in awhile. In the moment, having fun wasn’t a priority, but looking back on it I was able to enjoy myself throughout the competition. For me, Junior Nationals was a come back meet after a few previous poor performances.After by performances at both the Youth Pan Ams and the American Open, I felt as if I was experiencing a mental block when it came to competitions.In fact, I felt as if I was in a mental block when it came to my training in general.I was really hungry, not only to win junior nationals but to overcome a fight within myself that I had been battling over a year.

As I started warming up in the back, I was antsy as always. I hit all of my warm up bars, which was a big deal to me since that hadn’t been the case recently. Although workouts in preparation for Junior Nationals were not going as planned, nor were happening as frequently as I wanted, I knew that I wanted to finish on the top of the podium and I was going to do everything in my power to make that happen.After making my first attempt of 70 kg in the snatch, I was still experiencing nerves, but I realized I had reached my peak of motivation and fight for the meet. Every lift was in my hands, as it has always been in, I just had to realize that I was in control. After my first successful lift, I went on to snatch 73kg as well, but missed 75kg slightly in front of me.For the clean and jerk, I opened at 90kg, hit it and was 2 kilos away from the highest total at the time.I secured the 1st place finish in my weight class with a successful 93kg lift and then proceeded to hit 95kg to sweeten the day!”